I just have to remind myself that my daily quotidie in life has almost nothing to do with any aspect of my professional life as a public figure.

The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.

One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses?

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

The good thing about not being drop-dead gorgeous is that as time passes, I don't have much to worry about. I have friends who are actors and every day they look in the mirror with trepidation.

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.

Could crushed spirit be destroyed if it encountered too much spirit?

Morality—like velocity—is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around you are doing. All one can do is measure one's position in relation to them

New rules. If you are smart enough to live, you won’t hit Charles’s mate in front of his father.

Children...need most of the same things adults need--consideration, respect for their work, the knowledge that they and the things they do are taken seriously.

All the words you need are to be found in the dictionary. All you have to do is put them in the right order.

If only people were trees… I might like them better.

You are not responsible for the disposition you are born with, but you are responsible for the one you die with.

We do not fear the loss of God's favor, for either we have it not. We cannot lose it. What we fear is the loss of our idols.

I don't play racing games, unless it's 'Mario Kart.

She believes that Tobias belongs to her now. She doesn't know the truth, that he belongs to himself.